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cherry pits and hushed words (it doesn’t matter) by phoeeling (mimdecisive)
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
05 Sep 2022
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Azula, through the lenses of the Palace Staff.
Or: you’ve seen the “palace staff love Zuko” fics, now get ready for “palace staff love Azula”
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- Part 2 of Azula Thoughts
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03 Oct 2022
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Azula is dangerous. Ty Lee knows– she watches her burn the tail feathers off a turtle-duck for snapping too close to her shoe. But she can’t bring herself to pull away. She thinks maybe she doesn’t mind the danger. It’s worth it to stand out. To be special. To be chosen.
Or, the life and times of Ty Lee as she tries to stand out from her sisters, and navigates her friendship with Azula and Mai.
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- Part 1 of Like Walking on Air
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10 Aug 2022
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It is no secret how quickly Princess Azula goes through handmaids. And so when Suyin takes up the position after the previous handmaid left the palace in tears, she doesn't expect her employment to be a particularly long one. But warmth and friendship soon take root in the cracks of the princess' facade, piercing through a loneliness she hadn't even realised existed.
Mostly canon compliant, but with fluctuations to and from canon, side plots, and divergent character motivations. Significant canon divergence post Book 3 of ATLA (not yet published). This fic serves as a character study for Azula, and explores daily life in the Fire Nation beginning before her introduction in the show.
Loosely inspired by Fingersmith / The Handmaiden
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- English
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- 168,236
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- 36/40
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05 Aug 2022
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the three sparks and their ember island summer by volkswagonblues
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
01 Jan 2023
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The iguana-parrot was dying to leave. If it could express itself in human language, it would scream, let me out! Let me out! But it was only taught to say one thing.
“Burn it down! Burn it down!” squawked the iguana-parrot.
A story of three bright sparks who visited Ember Island and went in search of a dragon.
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A story of The Carp and his fishy secret society.
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A story about people who are all burning up on the inside (some of them are royalty).
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01 Oct 2021
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The Reporter Who Came in from the Cold by kangaroo2010
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
07 Oct 2015
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Katara would never forget the day they brought the spy with half-a-face in. A loyal Communist, she goes about her duty with pride and determination, but the more she learns about the man before her, the more she begins to question everything she's ever known.
Quick Note: The tags are preemptive, for those with lower thresholds than me. The results of torture and abuse are shown, but the torture and abuse itself is never explicitly described. There is, however, smoking, drinking, and a great deal of adult language.
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26 Aug 2021
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Mai supposes it isn’t quite fair to heap all of the blame on Ty Lee. After all, Ty Lee likely had no idea what her actions had led to. Mai couldn’t entirely fault her for running off to the circus. What Mai could fault Ty Lee for was leaving without telling her. Mai would have understood. More than understood, Mai would have gone with her. Instead, Mai is trapped as an army of servants prepare her for her moment of reckoning.
Today is her wedding day.
An alternate-universe Maiko adventure.
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- English
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- 87,564
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- 17/17
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03 Jun 2021
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Mai doesn't want to be here. She doesn't even know why Zuko is fighting this Agni Kai, but if Azula wanted her there, she knew it wasn't good.
Azula miscalculates, three years early.
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15 May 2021
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A girl with half a face and half a self sails far from home. A boy who has everything chases ghosts. Fate dances to a different tune in the shadows, and destiny shifts.
Three years after Fire Lord Ozai exiles his youngest child, Aang wakes up to a world that did not wait for him to save it.
Book 2 of salt & ashes
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- Part 5 of salt and ashes
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- English
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- 56,848
- Chapters:
- 4/?
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16 Feb 2021
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In one universe, Ozai looked at his newborn son and saw disappointment. In another, he saw a way to rival his brother. In both, he looked at his daughter and saw a weapon. The question would be who was the wielder.
Azula was never anyone’s idea of a hero.
Book 1 of salt & ashes
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- Part 1 of salt and ashes
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- English
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- 96,644
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- 8/8
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16 Feb 2021
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every feudal lord needs a loyal handmaiden by ConvenientAlias for Selden
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
24 Jul 2018
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In the second year of the reign of Ozai, Azula makes Ty Lee her handmaiden.
In the first year of the reign of Azula, Ty Lee is named queen consort.
This is that and everything in between.- Language:
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- 13,883
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- 1/1
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01 Feb 2021
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Prove Yourself by ConvenientAlias for The_Wavesinger
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
28 May 2019
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It's been maybe a year since Azula became Firelord, more than a year since Ty Lee was put away in the Boiling Rock. Now Azula's offering Ty Lee another chance to prove herself trustworthy.
Ty Lee will take what she can get.
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- 1/1
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01 Feb 2021
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“Are you going to kill me?”
The firebender grabs strands of her loose hair and twists the hair between his fingers. “No, you are useful to us.”
“And when I’m no longer useful?”
A twisted grin splits the young man’s face, his now golden eyes gleaming in the firelight as he gets up to leave. “Katara, why ask questions you already know the answer to?”
or: As the Water Tribes conquer the world, Princess Katara is burdened by her past and the sins she has committed. As a punishment, her adopted father, Chief Arnook arranges for her to marry an Earth Kingdom prince. Katara sees this marriage as a means of escape for herself and her pupil, the child Avatar. Too bad her husband has plans of his own.
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*Chapter 11 is an Author's Note*Bookmarked by tarotapioca
29 Jan 2021
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This work isn't hosted on the Archive so this blurb might not be complete or accurate.
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09 Jan 2021
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18 Dec 2020
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It was a mission of revenge. There weren't supposed to be any survivors, but Chief Hakoda couldn't bring himself to kill the Fire Nation boy. Against his better judgment, he brought him home. A Zuko joins the Water Tribe story.
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- 37/?
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12 Dec 2020
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AU: Lu Ten never died at Ba Sing Se, and Fire Lord Iroh rules the nation with an iron fist. Zuko is merely the son of the second prince, overlooked by his more talented younger sister and can only dream of the day when he will be finally allowed to prove himself in battle. When Lu Ten returns, triumphant, with the Avatar and his Water Tribe companions in chains, Zuko is put in charge of their imprisonment. But he soon learns that things are not what they seem with both the child Avatar and within his own family. And soon, Zuko will have a decision to make. How much good can one overlooked nephew to the throne do?
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- English
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- 25,290
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- 1/1
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- 12
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29 Nov 2020
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The window is open, the Prince is gone, and there's a scarred stranger in the Prince's rooms. It doesn't take a genius to put the pieces together—the stranger is obviously an assassin.
Sokka presses the tip of his sword further into the stranger's neck. "I'm going to give you one chance to tell me who you are and why I shouldn't kill you right now," he says, his voice deadly calm. "Start talking."
Or: when Sokka gets assigned to guard duty outside the rooms of a Prince that no one's seen in six years, he isn't expecting to make any new friends. But when he ends up meeting Li, the servant with a scar and a mysterious backstory that he refuses to share, Sokka gets more than he bargained for.Ft. secret identities, a smidge of murder, and the inherent romanticism of falling in love with the same person twice.
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- English
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- 17,633
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- 2/10
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10 Oct 2020
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Long Intervals of Horrible Sanity by CaptainLaserBeam
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender
30 Sep 2020
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The Fire Nation Royal Palace is empty.
After the comet,
the Phoenix King declared his sovereignty of the world,
took his military, and left.Firelord Azula defeated her traitorous brother, then banished all who'd sought her harm.
Which must have been everyone, because she was alone.
At least... until an employment ad is posted requesting a very specific type of employee.'For consideration, applicant must be a young, attractive, non-firebending woman with long black hair, golden eyes, and pale complexion. Looking specifically for combat experience, exceptional aim, and some sort of useful, domestic skill (negotiable). Bonus if you generally remain unimpressed, or hate, nearly everything.'
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30 Sep 2020
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A lot of people aren't pleased with Zuko as the new Firelord. Some think he betrayed his country to foreign powers, others think he's as bad as Ozai. It seems that no matter what he does he upsets someone. With the help of his friends and family, Zuko tries to convince his detractors to change their minds.
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- Part 1 of After the Comet
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- English
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- 62,548
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- 11/14
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28 Aug 2020
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Zuko had never excelled at anything. Azula was a prodigy. Uncle always knew what to say. And Father... Father was strong, iron-like. But Zuko had only ever been good at surviving. Putting one foot in front of the other in a grim show of stubborn determination, gritting his teeth and bearing it. Survival was all he had ever been taught. He knew how to do it. So when he was kidnapped by the Southern Water Tribe, he expected to fight as he always had. He didn’t expect to be taught instead how to live.
In a warring land, the Water Tribe forgave the enemy in an act of defiance. For this, he was torn from them, and this time, his wounds won't heal so easily.
Forced back into nothing but survival, the last person Zuko expected to see was Hakoda's son. Hakoda was a promise of safety. The relentless blue of Sokka’s eyes was a promise of happiness. Zuko could have both if he just reached out his hands, but he found them clutching into fists. After all, he’d been burned one too many times.
But hey, at least between Hakoda and Sokka, Zuko could appreciate the family resemblance of pure, asinine stubbornness.
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24 Aug 2020